Real Talk: I struggled with how to start this post. Yeah, I can be pithy and self-deprecating, but that didn't feel right for a postpartum swimsuit post. I also didn't want to be like "OMG I put on a (name brand) swimsuit and suddenly I learned how to love the skin I'm in" because no garment is that life-altering,...
Is it swimsuit season? As I write this, it's still 60 degrees here in Portland. We call it June-uary, haha. And this happens every year --we get some nice, hot days in May and then blammo: cool and rainy again for most of June.
But most of the country, I do believe, is fully in swimsuit season now, so...
The Mom Edit's 2020 Swim Guide is here!!
Per usual, we've spent weeks going through pages and pages of online inventory, reading reviews, trying things on, and going back through helpful reader comments from previous years. The result is this lineup of swimsuits. We know this summer is likely going to look very different from last year, but we...
J.Crew suits have been on rotation for me since high school. They've just always offered the best colors around, even back in the day when colors were weird and not as awesome as they are now. Haha...#the90s. I used to peruse their catalogs partly just for the amazing color names.
But besides some fab shades, their swimsuits have always...
I've had my eye on Marysia swimwear for years now. I had yet to pull the trigger because, quite frankly, they're expensive. But oh-so-pretty, the kind of pieces that make me gasp a little, even though they're not necessarily revealing. Instead, they're a subtle sort of girl-next-door, sexy-by-accident kind of swimwear. And that signature scalloped edge has launched a...
The swimwear trend I'm most excited about? Leopard. Not only does the leopard print trend show few signs of slowing down...but it's evolving into a classic. Think stripes, gingham....and leopard. In swimwear, it's especially genius. Leopard — when paired with undone hair, flip-flops and sunscreen — is playful and fun, rather than serious femme fatale. It's wildly glamorous, sure,...
A few readers recently requested a review of BECCA swimwear, which has been a staple in our yearly swim guide (this year's just launched!!). I realized that my personal experience with Becca was pretty limited — it's inclusion has always been based on readers' rave reviews (and Scotti's — some of her fav one-pieces have been by BECCA), so...
Since nothing says end of winter like a 40-something blogger putting half-naked photos of herself on the internet (Yay! Every year!)...let's do this. (Even better? This is prob the first of many swim dressing room selfies this year. 'Tis the season.)
And YES: it does feel even earlier than usual this year. I blame the groundhog, because the Googles don't...